Hate-Crime Charge Filed in Attack on Sikh Cab Driver

November 28, 2007

Author: Jennifer Sullivan

Source: The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004039097_webcabdriver27.html

As a Sikh, Sukhvir Singh says he has encountered racial harassment before, but he never feared it could lead to his death.

But on Saturday, police say, the Orange Cab driver withstood a violent attack from a drunken passenger who punched him, bit off a piece of his scalp, called Singh an "Iraqi terrorist" and threatened to kill him. The attack ended after a Metro bus pulled up to the cab and a passenger called 911.